Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-08-03

FALL CROPs---SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.

Spring and summer crops being disposed
of, it is we'll to plan and begin preparations
for fall crops. We are apt to feel like tax
ing q rest now for a while, and within prop
er limits this is right and proper. Farm
ers ought to visit each other, inspect farms
and compare notes. Nothing is more pro-
ftable. Each one has his oWn way OF do
ing things and if one plan gives better re-
suits than another, it can be seen by all and
afterwards adopted. It is a great mistake
to suppose that any one farmer knows 1t
all. Some may know more than others,
but every one is sure to be benefited 6y
examining his neighbours ways and meth
DDS. One is apt to get narrow ana one,
sided if he stays at home too much-and
farmers, above ali others, need to guard
against this. But whilst resting and in
dulging in social pleasures, one can plan
and think, and talk over his plans and MS
neighbours. They may offer good sugges-
lions from their experience. One may
have tried just what you were thinking OF
doing, and it did not work we'll. Another
may be able to suggest something better.
Rive, barley, oats, clover and grass are
the leading crops to which attention should
now be turned. It will be six weeks to
two months before it is time to sow, Dut
the preparation of land should begin at
once. It is often too dry to break up land
at this period of the year. Hence advan-
tage should be taken of every rain. once
land is we'll pulverized, it will retain moist
ure and start crops much better thar that
which has to be broken and worked at, just
at seeding time. Deep and repeated STIR
rings of the soil expose itfreely to the air,
and make it dry off rapidly, Break II,
therefore, in advance, and let it a a
rain or two before seeding time, and II II
is lightly narrowed after each rain, so That
q crust cannot form, it will be very apt to
be in good condition when seeding time
comes. After land is once we'll broken
narrowing will keep it in good condit!on
almost indefinitely. Thisisa lesson when
most of our farmers have not suttlclentiy
learned they rely on the pillow too much,
on the harrow too little.
Another implement, whose importance
we wish to place stress on in this connectlon
is a heavy roller. It ought to follow the
plow and precede the harrow. 1t makes the
work of the harrow much more thorough.
Moreover, rolling the soil greatly faclil-
tates the coming up of seed in dry wealth
err. Did you ever notice how much better
small seed, like the turnip, come up
tracks made on the fresh-stirred soil!
Loose soil dries before they rave lime TO
terminate. Press it down, n moisture
continues to reach it from below. Notice
in the early morning how much Wetter 1t
is in a track than in the loose earth around
it,. Now, good reader, if you have not a
good heavy two-horse roller get or make
one The present period OF comparative
leisure is a good time to do it. Get W
cuts of oak timber, eighteen inches long
and two feet in diameter if you can.
Eighteen inches will do, but two feet is
better. Turn them twice as you would the
rollers of a sorghum mill. Bore a W.
inch hole through the centre OF each, ana
put in an iron rod, which should project
four inches at either end. Put a washer IN
between the two rollers, and adjust them
in a frame with tongue, and you Will nave
an excellent implement. Two short ron.
ers are better that one long one, the hrst
turns more easier than the second and IS
easier bored.
For breaking the land you will need Ell
| Their q good tWO-hOrse turn pillow, or a TWO
horse scooter. The latter is preferable, as
it does not expose the soil so fully to the
| sun as the turn plow does. For narrowing,
the disc harrow is the best. 1t pulverizes
we'll and bringsup nothing which has been
buried by the plow. Having selected me
land, break it once if the soil is wet
enough. If not, after the first rain follow
the pillow at once with the roller, and it
with harrow, and leave it thus until the
| next rain, then harrow again, and contln-
| ue to harrow after rainfall till seeding time.
| One who pursues this course, and is watch
full, will hardly ever fail to get his fall
crops started in good time. Those VINO
put off preparation to the last minute are
very apt to be caught. W. l.. J.